Mary, the Mother of God, is offered in Scripture as a model of prayer after which contemplatives may shape their own prayers. This thesis exegetes Scripture passages involving Mary, and enters into dialogue with numerous ...

The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution grants the accused individual the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury. To insure that this standard is upheld and exercised, the court system has deemed ...

Leadership is one of our society’s most popular and most discussed topics. Church leadership is often pushed to the wayside and is not often explored from an academic standpoint. This thesis will analyze and study biblical ...

Ever since antiquity, trees have been used as symbols and literal embodiments of religious beliefs for mankind. One special symbolic tree shared by many cultures is the tree of life. This thesis will attempt to explicate ...

Over-expression of cysteine proteases has been implicated in a number of diseases, making them attractive targets for drug design. The cysteine protease, cathepsin B has been implicated in the degradation of the extracellular ...

This work examines key elements of the British and Russian empires in order to present a new perspective on how much these two entities hold in common. Though radically different on the surface, Britain and Russia possess ...

Many companies experience reoccurring problems that seem to grow increasingly worse throughout time. Attempts to fix these problems may prove temporary. These efforts are usually directed towards the symptom of the problem ...

In recent years, studies have shown that lipid bodies produced by nitrogen-starved green algae such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii may serve as viable alternatives of fossil fuels. While there is no doubt that these organisms ...

This thesis demonstrates why the Mexican drug cartels pose the single greatest threat to Mexico’s democratic institutions. A comprehensive analysis of the shift in Mexican politics from the authoritarian rule of the PRI ...

Humans perceive linguistic phonemes categorically, that is, in distinct clusters rather than as continua. The same pattern of categorical perception (CP) has also been documented with a wide variety of other stimuli, ...

The allegory of the cave from Plato's Republic is one of the most famous and influential ideas from ancient philosophy. In my thesis, a fictional narrative, I have created a fantasy story that examines the theme of ...

In the years directly following the Spanish civil war, Spain experienced widespread repression and censorship at the hands of Fransisco Franco, the dictator who assumed power after the war. Evidence of the struggle that ...

The cerebellar deficit hypothesis is one theory explaining developmental dyslexia. Reviewing the current literature, I explained the theory, identified some key components of dyslexia research that are agreed upon, and ...

T.H. White transforms the story of Arthur with his retelling of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Dathur in his novel The Once and Future King. I argue that White’s perception as a man of the twentieth century influences his take ...

One method of antibiotic resistance in bacteria to the β-lactam class of antibiotics is through the production of β-lactamase enzymes. One of the β-lactamases is an enzyme from Escherichia coli (TEM-1) that plays a role ...

Americans claim to deeply cherish the rights of Freedom of Speech and Expression. We have firmly cemented these rights into our legal code through numerous Supreme Court cases. American society however is a different story. ...

This thesis, focusing on Cable News Network, studies how cable news has changed in the
past 30 years. In its infancy, CNN was a pioneer. The network proved there was a place
for 24-hour news and live story coverage. More ...

Much research has been done on the differences between men and women’s language. However, research is lacking on children’s gendered language, especially in problem-solving contexts. This study presents an experiment ...

The denial of death and the desire to abolish suffering both empty a person of humanity; Christianity reconciles these issues while keeping creatureliness intact. For Ernest Becker, the denial of death results from the ...